Craving to get some great seafood?
A quick getaway to Mersing, Johor is what you need now. This would be the place where you will get your seafood cravings to be fulfilled. Mersing is considered as a fishing village that offers great seafood cuisines and fresh seafood products.
Located at the east coast of Johor, Mersing ia approximately 136km away from Johor Bahru city centre. It is accessible by taking the Tebrau Highway from Kota Tinggi is you are travelling from Singapore or Johor Bahru.
It is also one of the main departure port to reach to the islands nearby, such as Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur, Pulau Rawa and Pulau Dayang. There are also a lot of traditional coffee shop (kopitiams), cafes and restaurants available in the town too.
Below are some of the recommended seafood restaurants by SGMYTRIPS that are worth for a try upon your travel to Mersing:
Seafood Restaurants In Mersing
- T&K Seafood Restaurant (丰盛港食為鲜海鲜餐馆)
- Mersing Seafood Restaurant (乐园海鲜酒家)
- Restoran Loke Tien Yuen (乐天圆)
- Restoran Makanan Laut Yong Seng
- Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and SeaFood
- Fong Kopitiam Lucky Star Seafood Restaurant (好运海鲜饭店)
- Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing
- Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau
- Mama Bedah Seafood
1.T&K Seafood Restaurant (丰盛港食為鲜海鲜餐馆)
Pay a visit to T&K Seafood Restaurant and you won’t feel regret! The restaurant, serves the customers with fresh and sea-to-table seafood, is always the one and only destination for foodies and customers who are craving for seafood. Upon arriving,you can choose the kind of fish you would like to have, and choose the way it cooked, such as fried or steam.
If you are here, you must have a try with the Steam Siakap Fish which is highly recommended by the chef and also the signature dish which most of the customers come for. T&K Seafood Restaurant only uses the freshest siakap fish from the Mersing jetty in order to prepare this signature dish of theirs.
It ensured that the natural sweetness of the fish can be tasted. Prepared with simple ingredients such as ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic and also spring onion, the essence of their steamed fish is really amazing. It is best paired with some white rice. This steamed siakap is served whole, with its tail and head attached. It offers a great nibbling time of bits of the fish head to the diners too.
Another recommended seafood dish of T&K Seafood Restaurant would be their Black Pepper Crab. It is a spicy crab dish where fresh cooked crabs are tossed with black pepper sauce, then garnished with coriander leaves. This dish has strong black pepper aroma and you even can smell it upon the serving. If you would like to increase its spiciness, you can tell the lady boss to double up the amount of black pepper used in preparing this dish.
You can also get yourself a bottle of cold beer when having your favorite delicious steam fish and also the black pepper crab, is it sounds amazing?
Additional Information:
Address: No.10, Lot 7411, Jalan Jemaluang, Taman Mersing, Mersing Kechil, Johor.
Business hours: 12pm to 12am daily.
Contact: 019-7709088, 016-7186443
Sites: T&K Seafood Restaurant (丰盛港食為鲜海鲜餐馆)
Also Read : Eat Like A Local In Mersing
2.Mersing Seafood Restaurant (乐园海鲜酒家)
If the seafood restaurants mentioned above are unable to impress you, Mersing Seafood Restaurant is the destination you must go for fresh and delicious seafood. The air-conditioned restaurant, which clean and tidy decoration and furniture, is always crowded with customers especially during dinner hours.
If you are here, you are strongly recommended to have a try with the Signature Asam Steamed Fish, Tom Yam Seafood Soup and the Prawn. Because of the fresh seafood served, you can always taste the sweetness of the fish or prawn which are springy and juicy, and this is also the reason why this restaurant is well-known among the locals and the foodies around the country.
The hot selling seafood cuisine of Mersing Seafood Restaurant would be their Fried Battered Squid with Salted Egg. Unlike the common fried squid coated with salted egg sauce, this special salted egg delicacy of theirs have the salted egg sauce stuffed in the squid.
Its fried battered layer is crispy and you will feel the chewy texture of the squid under it. You even can feel the salted egg sauce blasting in your mouth in every bite.
Besides, you also must try with the Clay Pot Bean Curd, KangKung Belacan and Shark with Dry Chilies which are also the most-ordered dishes among the customers in the restaurant.
Additional Information:
Address: No.56, Jalan Ismail, Mersing Kechil, Mersing Town, 86800 Johor.
Business hours: 11.30am to 2.30am daily.
Contact: 07-7992550
Sites: Mersing Seafood Restaurant (乐园海鲜酒家)
3.Restoran Loke Tien Yuen (乐天圆)
You should not miss out this restaurant because this is the most famous restaurant that serves the best seafood in town. The clean and tidy old-style restaurant, furnished with old-style tables and chairs, could probably make you feel that you are living in the 1960s.
Steamed Grouper is a must-order dish if you are here, the light sauce and gravy, has effectively bring out the sweetness and juiciness of the tender fish meat. I bet you will come back again very soon because of the fish.
Other than the fish, you can have a try with the Sweet and Sour Pork which is quite different with the other restaurants. The super crispy and crunchy exterior, with the tender and juicy interior, could bring your satisfaction to the maximum and you will wish to have more and more.
Another highly recommended dish is the Fried Squid in Black Bean Paste if you love springy squid. If you love bitter gourd, you must have a try with the Pork Ribs Bitter Gourd with Black Bean Paste which is definitely amazing for bitter gourd lover!
Additional Information:
Address: 55, Jalan Abu Bakar, Mersing Kechil, 86800 Mersing Johor.
Business hours: 12.30pm to 3am daily.
Contact: 07-7991639
Sites: Restoran Loke Tien Yuen (乐天圆)
4.Restoran Makanan Laut Yong Seng
Restoran Makanan Laut Yong Seng is another destination for you if you are craving for fresh and delicious seafood. Because of the strategic location, the restaurant is able to serves the customers with fresh seafood every day and that is the reason why the restaurant is always crowded with customers.
One of the signature dish of Restoran Makanan Laut Yong Seng would be their Chinese Style Steamed Crab. This crab cuisine is prepared with hard shell crabs steamed in rice wine and ginger. It provide a fresh and sweet broth to the dish, which are great to be paired with white rice too. On the other hand, the crab meat is fresh enough where you are able to taste the natural sweetness of it in every bite.
Don’t forget to order some fresh seafood such as fish and prawn if you are here, I bet you will fall in love with the fresh and juicy seafood here!
Additional Information:
Address: No.51, Jalan Ismail, Mersing Kechil, 86800 Mersing Johor.
Business hours: 7am to 10pm daily.
Contact: 013-7799689
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5.Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and SeaFood
Don’t miss out Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood if you are a seafood lover! Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood offers a real Malay kampung eatery experience to all of their diners.
The diners can choose to be seated in the restaurant or at the open space of the restaurant too. Over years, Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood insist to serves the customers with fresh and best seafood which is caught from the jetty nearby.
The restaurant, serves totally halal food, has attracted a wide range of customers from local and other state because of its signature ikan bakar.
Unlike the ikan bakar from the common seafood stalls and restaurants, the ikan bakar of Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood is served with a thinner and ‘flowy’ chili gravy instead of the sambal. Despite the red hot appearance, this chili gravy actually taste sweet and spicy and it makes a great combination with the grilled fish too.
The next recommended seafood cuisine of Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood would be their White Tomyam.
The White Tomyam soup is clear, but with the fragrance of lemongrass and also the spiciness of chilies retained. There are generous amount of seafood such as prawns, squids and fish flesh used in preparing this seafood delicacy too. Another fun facts about this white tomyam is that it is served in a coconut shell, making it special on its appearance.
Do remember to make a call to ensure there are available seats before you depart because the restaurant is always full house!
Additional Information:
Address: J80, Kampung Mersing Kanan, 86800 Mersing, Johor.
Business hours: 2.30pm to 12.30am daily.
Contact: 013-7017011
Sites: Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and SeaFood
Also Read : Halal Food Eateries In Mersing
6.Fong Kopitiam Lucky Star Seafood Restaurant (好运海鲜饭店)
Fong Kopitiam Lucky Star Seafood Restaurant is a Chinese Seafood Restaurant which is quite famous among the local Chinese in Mersing. This seafood restaurant serves great Chinese style seafood delicacies and also typical Chinese restaurants’ food.
It starts their business early everyday, offering their guests with great breakfast to start their day. Wide varieties of Chinese noodles and rice breakfast dishes are what will they provide.
To name a few, there are wanton mee, curry mee, prwan mee, economic rice and noodles with bitter gourd soup. All of these breakfast delicacies will be served till 11:00am or finished selling. So, if you would like to try some of these noodles, do remember to arrive Fong Kopitiam Lucky Star Seafood Restaurant early as it usually sold out quick.
For their lunch and dinner selections, Fong Kopitiam Lucky Star Seafood Restaurant provide their guests with lok loks, seafood cuisines and hot plate grilled fish. One of their must try seafood dish would be the Seafood Curry in Claypot. This recommended dish is prepared by slow cooking the selections of seafood by guests with spicy curry gravy in a claypot. It is best o be eaten while still hot, with bowls of white rice.
Refresh yourself with their fresh coconut water after the meal. It is not only refreshing, but also good for your health too.
Additional Information:
Address: No 1 Jalan Dato Timor, 86800 Mersing, Johor
Contact No.: +6016-791 6662 / +6013 – 768 9118
Operating Hours: 2:00PM – 12:00AM
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7.Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing
Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing is probably the seafood restaurant that serves great seafood tomyam delicacies and western cuisines beside the beach. It enable all of their guests to enjoy both beautiful sea font and great tomyam at the same time. The restaurant received lots of good comments from their customers throughout the years, and most of them do came back for their delicious tomyam.
As the restaurant’s name suggested, it serve their customer with great tomyam cuisines that are worth for a try. All of their tomyam recipe are well-prepared, with generous amount of seafood such as prawns, squids and enoki mushrooms included.
The tomyam soup of Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing has both spicy and sour flavors which are really appetizing. You can even smell the fragrance of lemongrass and herbs of the tom yam upon serving.
Get yourself spoiled with their chicken chop too. Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing serves delicious chicken chop with mushroom sauce or black pepper sauce that taste as great as the other restaurants. Their delicious chicken chop is grilled on a hot plate instead of frying it.
It is to ensure that all the meat juice of the chicken chop is trapped under the skin, providing a juicy texture to the chicken chop. The portion of serving is adequate too, with balanced amount of protein, salad and also french fries are served.
Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing is the only seafront restaurant in Mersing which offer all of their customers with dining experience along with the great beach view. So, if you are searching for an Instagrammable place to enjoy your meal, Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing should be in the consideration list.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Dato onn, 86800 Mersing, Johor Darul Ta’zim.
Operating Hours:
Contact No.: +6019 – 728 9982 / +6012 – 733 7083
Sites: Dee Beach Tomyam Seafood Mersing
8.Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau
Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau is a floating Malay seafood restaurant that is located on the surface of the sea. This seafood restaurant is easily recognizable with its pink neon colored LED lights which is shaped into a prawn and white pomfret on the roof.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, you would be able to see wide varieties of fresh seafood exhibited on the icy trays located near the kitchen.
This offer a chance to the guests to choose their preferred types of seafood to be cooked by the chefs of the restaurant. Some of the seafood that Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau provided are prawns, squids, white pomfret, clams, hard shell crabs and various types of deep sea fish.
One of the recommended dish of Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau would be their Grilled Fish with Stinked Beans (Ikan Bakar dengan Petai). This special grilled fish of theirs is prepared with homemade sambal sauce that is really addictive in every bite. This sambal of theirs has strong cili padi aroma, and it offers a spicy kick in the throat during every bite.
It is best paired with some white rice too. Besides the generous amount of stinked beans in the grilled fish, the restaurant also served the grilled fish on banana leaves in order to provide an additional fragrance to the grilled fish.
Another hot selling seafood cuisine of Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau is the sambal tumis sotong. It is a squid delicacy that is cooked in sweet spicy sambal. This seafood dish is really appetizing, where the texture of the fresh squid used is chewy and soft. On the other hand, the sambal used in preparing this sambal tumis sotong is not overly spicy, with dashes of sweetness due to the sugar added.
It is suitable for guests who cannot take really spicy food too. If you would like to add some sour kick to the sambal tumis sotong, you may request for some lime from the kitchen.
Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau also serves their guests with other delicious seafood cuisines such as Ikan Tiga Rasa, Salted Egg Crabs, Buttered Shrimps, Steamed Fish and much more. This Halal seafood restaurant also received positive comments from their guests due to their great seafood cuisines and their service quality.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Perisai 3, Kuala Endau, Johor, Malaysia
Operating Hours: 5:00PM -1:00AM
Contact No.: +6018-789 3277
Sites: Medan Selera Ikan Bakar Endau
9.Mama Bedah Seafood
Mama Bedah Seafood is a small open space Halal seafood restaurant that serves wide varieties of seafood cuisines and also Malay delicacies. This seafood restaurant is operating late and it could be a great place to grab some seafood delicacies and some light snacks to satisfy your midnight supper cravings.
As an appetizer or main cuisines, it is highly recommended for all of you to try out Mama Bedah Seafood’s Pineapple Fried Rice. What makes this dish so special is that it is served in a pineapple shell instead of normal plate. This Tropicana feeling food is not only great on its appearance, but also its fillings.
The fried rice fillings Mama Bedah Seafood’s Pineapple Fried Rice has generous amount of ingredients included. To name a few, there are diced marinated boneless chicken meat, seafoods, eggs, cili padi, and onions. It is then garnished with some fried scallions and spring onions for an additional crispy texture and also fragrance.
Fresh pineapple cubes are added in order to offer some sweetness to the savory fried rice too, making the pineapple fried rice special in its flavor.
Craving for some barbecue? Then it is a reason for you to visit Mama Bedah Seafood. This seafood restaurant also offers barbecue packages to their guests with an affordable price. With wide varieties of fresh seafood such as prawns, squids, sardine fish, scallops and hard shell crabs, it could probably provide all of their guests with a marvelous barbecue time.
If seafood are not your taste, then you may request for a change to their marinated chicken wings and drumsticks. These barbecue ingredients are similarly delicious too.
Mama Bedah Seafood’s is popular for their catering service. Their great seafood cuisines and Halal delicacies never failed anyone before. With their spacious open space, it could be a suitable venue to held different events such as birthday celebration, wedding dinner, buffets, retreats and also gatherings too.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Makam, Kampung Mersing Kanan, 86800 Mersing, Johor
Operating Hours: 5:00PM -1:00AM
Contact No.: +6011-1979 8927
Sites: Mama Bedah Seafood
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